Windows Batch Script to Calculate MD5 and SHA1 Digest

Windows Batch Script to Calculate MD5 and SHA1 Digest

Create a text file called hash.bat with the contents below and put on your desktop, you can then drop files on the shortcut to calculate hash digests:

@echo off
certutil -hashfile %1 SHA1
@echo.
certutil -hashfile %1 MD5
pause

Alternative version that opens result with notepad:

@echo off
set SCRIPT_OUTPUT=%TEMP%\digest.txt
certutil -hashfile %1 SHA1 >%SCRIPT_OUTPUT%
@echo. >> %SCRIPT_OUTPUT%
certutil -hashfile %1 MD5 >>%SCRIPT_OUTPUT%
start notepad %SCRIPT_OUTPUT%